Does anyone know anything about this family line? Joseph Todd (TF17) of England died in Philadelphia in 1699. His children went north to Easton, Northampton County, PA and then went to Jersey Settlement in Rowan County, North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. Several branches of this family went to Madison County, KY about 1797, to Hopkins Co, KY and to Missouri. Other branches went to Georgia. My family followed the path from Philadephia to Rowan County, North Carolina. Lois Kay Denaut at ldenaut@yahoo.com Henderson, Nevada --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.

I have a David Thomas and Ann Johnson. His Birthdate was about 1823. The family lived in southern Ohio and some of the children in northern KY. I am from their son Henry Thomas and Matilda Artist. David's father John Thomas born about 1780 Ann's parents: Phoebe Johnson Davis and J Lee Johnson (KY) Oral history has them coming from Wales. Anyone else looking at this line? Sue For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness. 2Timothy 1:7 --------------------------------- Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV.

Desperate. Does ANYONE have information on Thomas Thomas who emigrated from Wales to PA with his son, David, in 1822? David married Ann Clayton. One of their children was William Thomas, who married Clara Schmidt and lived in Montgomery County, PA. Their children were Ida, Anna, Mildred, Helen and William F. Thomas. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi all, There's a ton of THOMAS data in the files at http://www.genealogybuff.com THOMAS data can be searched at http://www.genealogybuff.com/data.htm#Thomas I found this obituary: Mr. Glenn Preston Thomas Mr. Glenn Preston Thomas, 85, of 2406 Atherholt Road, died Friday, Feb. 5, 1999 at The Carrington. Born in Knox County, Tenn., he was a son of the late Otha Herbert Thomas and Annie Clabo Thomas and was the husband of Bessie Solomon Thomas of Lynchburg. Mr. Thomas was a retired truck driver with the Red Ball Trucking Co. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Robert L. Thomas of Rustburg and Clark M. Thomas of Port Deposit, Md.; six sisters, Mrs. Maude T. Smith of Seymour, Tenn., Mrs. Pauline B. Branch, Mrs. Edith T. Hancock, Mrs. Evelyn T. Branson, Mrs. Margaret Anne T. Bennett all of Knox Co., Tenn. and Mrs. Ruby T. Lane of Knoxville, Tenn.; three brothers, George Thomas of Phoenix, Ariz., Frank Thomas of Knox Co., Tenn. and Charles R. Thomas of Jefferson City, Tenn.; two grandchildren, M. Anne Thomas Doyle of Boulder, Colo. and R.O. Bickington Thomas of Richmond. Farrar Funeral Home, Jefferson City, Tenn. in charge of arrangements. Diuguid Waterlick Chapel in charge of local arrangements. Hope this helps. Bill

I have finished an update to the 1968 DAR survey of the Thomas Cemetery in Alachua County, Florida. This contains some corrections to the original survey and additional burials. This information is posted at: http://www.floridaroots.net/thomas_line/thomas_cemetery.html As always, I'm still looking for the ancestors of my elusive Isham B. Thomas who married Mary Ulmer in Decatur County, Georgia, and settled in Alachua County around 1851. What information I have on the family is posted on the above web site. Jeff Thomas

Does anyone have information on a Rachel ?? Thomas married to ?? Thomas. I believe she may have been the mother of my Nancy Thomas (born in AL ~ 1838) who married John Alford/Alfred. I'm trying to find the parents of Nancy Thomas and Rachel was living 3 doors down from Nancy and John in the 1860 Morgan County, AL census:          Thomas, Rachel                 40                                               Joseph                      16                             AL                   Milly J.                      12                             AL                   Sarah                         9                               AL                   James Grady             16         Farm Labor         TN                   Thomas Grady         14                             AL Regina -----Original Message----- From: Lou Love <llove1039@sbcglobal.net> To: thomas@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 6:40 pm Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Amanda Thomas Yes Sue - please send your info to me. I'm looking for Amanda Thomas, d/o David Kennedy Thomas. She was b 1846 in labama. Thanks, Lou LLove1039@sbcglobal.net Carolyn Sue Howard <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> wrote: Anybody looking for an Amanda Thomas. I have a few pages - a list of ifferent Amanda Thomas individuals and their marriages back in the 1800's, f anybody is interested. I'm not saying I have all - just that I have ome. Well, I just counted them. There are 13 of them - all married in the tate of Alabama. Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. I have no other info on them, though, other han who they married, when and what county. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Yes Sue - please send your info to me. I'm looking for Amanda Thomas, d/o David Kennedy Thomas. She was b 1846 in Alabama. Thanks, Lou LLove1039@sbcglobal.net Carolyn Sue Howard <CarolynSHoward@comcast.net> wrote: Anybody looking for an Amanda Thomas. I have a few pages - a list of different Amanda Thomas individuals and their marriages back in the 1800's, if anybody is interested. I'm not saying I have all - just that I have some. Well, I just counted them. There are 13 of them - all married in the State of Alabama. Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. I have no other info on them, though, other than who they married, when and what county. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alfred Thomas was born in 1802 in Jefferson County, Mississippi. He died in 1854 in Milam County, Texas. Alfred married Helen in 1822 in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Helen was born in 1802 in Jefferson County, Mississippi. She died in 1838 in Milam County, Texas. They had the following children: 1. Rebecca Thomas was born in 1825 in Amite County, Mississippi. She died about 1825 in Amite County, Mississippi. 2. Cora Thomas was born about 1827 in Amite County, Mississippi. She died on 14 Mar 1896 in Louisiana. 3. Christopher Peter Thomas was born circa 1831 in Amite County, Mississippi. 4. William Henry Thomas was born in 1835 in Mississippi. He died in 1909 in Mississippi County, Arkansas. http://www.clarkfamilygenealogy.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html

Anybody looking for an Amanda Thomas. I have a few pages - a list of different Amanda Thomas individuals and their marriages back in the 1800's, if anybody is interested. I'm not saying I have all - just that I have some. Well, I just counted them. There are 13 of them - all married in the State of Alabama. Sue (Johnson) Howard P.S. I have no other info on them, though, other than who they married, when and what county.

I love this THOMAS website! This is my brick wall-- I descend from Ellen THOMAS (b.9 Apr 1844) I have all documented to this generation, but--haven't linked to anyone else working on the father James (b.abt 1822,CT) or the son James (b.abt 1846, CT) or son Seneca/Frank (b.abt 1849, CT) So--I'm urgently looking for that direct male descendant for a DNA representative. Marcia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Bray" <braydon29@kc.rr.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA >A male descendant of James, with the last name of Thomas, must submit his > DNA for it to be on the website. > > My Thomas' are from CT, John Thomas of New Haven 1615-1671 > Donna Bray > Braydon29@kc.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcia Smith" <halmarc@cpinternet.com> > To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > > >> Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? >> [I don't see one] >> 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT >> James Thomas, age 28 CT >> Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT >> Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT >> James E. Thomas, age 4 CT >> Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT >> I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great >> potential of this incredible project! >> Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! >> Marcia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: 6/4/2007 > 6:43 PM > >

I have a James T. Thomas married to a Marina Clarinda Grice. James (Jim) T. Thomas Born: 1828 Selma, Dallas, Alabama Died: 1870 Pine Flat Beat, Dallas, Alabama Marina Clarinda Grice Born: 11 Dec 1834 Collirene, Lowndes, Alabama Died: 27 Jun 1867 Todd Cemetery, Bethany Baptist Church, Collirene, Lowndes, AL ______________________________________________________________________ James T. Thomas's Father was- George Thomas Born: 1806 Edgefield, South Carolina Died: 1860 Pine Flat Beat, Dallas, Alabama and mother was- Mary Thomas Born: 1808 [city], [county], South Carolina Died: 1860 Pine Flat Beat, Dallas, Alabama _________________________________________________________________ George Thomas's father was- Athanacius Thomas Born: 1765 Edgefield CO, SC Died: 1824 Dallas CO, AL and mother was- Judith Judah Foreman Born: 1741 Hyde, [county], North Carolina Died: 1840 _______________________________________________________________________ Athanacius Thomas's father was- Christian Thomas and mother was unknown Lois Kay Denaut at ldenaut@yahoo.com Henderson, Nevada, USA Ed and Lois Denaut ldenaut@yahoo.com http://continue.to/lasvegas --------------------------------- Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.

There may or may not be a direct descendant of your James Thomas on the website, but also consider if there might be a participant who is a direct descendent of a collateral to James (James' brother, James' paternal uncle, etc.) and/or a direct descendant of an ancestor of James' (other than through James). The object is to match DNA with people you do not currently know about in hopes that they have a documented paper trail that will help you and your paper trail might help them. Donna Bray wrote: > A male descendant of James, with the last name of Thomas, must submit his > DNA for it to be on the website. > > My Thomas' are from CT, John Thomas of New Haven 1615-1671 > Donna Bray > Braydon29@kc.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcia Smith" <halmarc@cpinternet.com> > To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > > > >> Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? >> [I don't see one] >> 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT >> James Thomas, age 28 CT >> Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT >> Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT >> James E. Thomas, age 4 CT >> Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT >> I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great >> potential of this incredible project! >> Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! >> Marcia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

A male descendant of James, with the last name of Thomas, must submit his DNA for it to be on the website. My Thomas' are from CT, John Thomas of New Haven 1615-1671 Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Smith" <halmarc@cpinternet.com> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? > [I don't see one] > 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT > James Thomas, age 28 CT > Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT > Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT > James E. Thomas, age 4 CT > Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT > I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great > potential of this incredible project! > Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! > Marcia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Anyone aware of a DNA representative for a James THOMAS of CT ?? [I don't see one] 1850 CT census, Newtown, Fairfield County, CT James Thomas, age 28 CT Harriet Thomas, age 25 CT Ellen Thomas, age 7 CT James E. Thomas, age 4 CT Seneca or Frank, age 1 CT I have so enjoyed the DNA emails that are helping understand the great potential of this incredible project! Would love to hear from anyone working on this CT THOMAS line! Marcia

Does anyone in this group know any of my relatives? Amanda Thomas Born: 9 Nov 1862 Selma, Dallas , Alabama Died: Mar 1937 Diamond, Platte, Wyoming Married to Lee Moore Born: 01 Jan 1856 Round Rock, Williamson, Texas Died: 07 Feb 1928 Diamond Precinct, Platte, Wyoming ______________________________________ Marina Floyd Thomas Born: 29 Oct 1857 Selma, Dallas , Alabama Died: 28 May 1898 Stiles Cemetary, Stiles Ranch,Thrall, Williamson, Texas Married to Francis Newton Stiles Born: 15 Sep 1841 Lincoln, Lincoln, Tennessee Died: 01 Jul 1911 Thrall, Williamson, Texas _______________________________________ Eliza J. Thomas Born: 26 Jul 1855 Selma, Dallas, Alabama Died: 12 Feb 1927 Taylor, Williamson, Texas Married to James Ellen Stiles Born: 20 Dec 1835 Pulaski, Giles, Tennesee Died: 04 Jul 1910 Taylor, Williamson, Texas ___________________________________________________________________________ Miranda Thomas Born: 1853 Selma, Dallas, Alabama Died: Beat No, Lowndes, Alabama Married to J.W. Stratton __________________________________________ James (Jim) T. Thomas Born: 1828 Selma, Dallas, Alabama Died: 1870 Pine Flat Beat, Dallas, Alabama Married to Marina Clarinda Grice Born: 11 Dec 1834 Collirene, Lowndes, Alabama Died: 27 Jun 1867 Todd Cemetery, Bethany Baptist Church, Collirene, Lowndes, AL ___________________________________________ If you have any additional info, let me know Lois Denaut at ldenaut@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.

Thank you for the the info on Wright B. Thomas ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:38:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Lou Love <llove1039@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Wright B. Thomas To: thomas@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <575739.13866.qm@web80506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Try this site at Rootsweb Worldconnect - I found it by entering Wright Thomas in my rootsmagic search feature. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm cgi?op=GET&db=:1989145&id=I118239294 Good Hunting, Lou Louis E. Love, O.D.

Margie Blythe-Poland wrote: > mblith@wayxcable.com wrote > mime > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: thomas-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:thomas-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Smokey1 > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 8:47 PM > To: thomas@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] MIME Format > > twest1942@aol.com wrote: > >> mime >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cwiskirken@comcast.net >> To: thomas@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Mon, 21 May 2007 10:50 AM >> Subject: Re: [THOMAS] MIME Format >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sybil Chapman" <sybilchapman@cebridge.net> >> To: <samuellthomasjr@gmail.com>; <thomas@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 6:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [THOMAS] MIME Format >> >> >> I would like MIME format. Thank you. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Samuel L. Thomas Jr." <samuellthomasjr@gmail.com> >> To: <thomas-l@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:39 AM >> Subject: [THOMAS] MIME Format >> >> >> >> >>> To All Subscribers: >>> >>> The THOMAS list has a new email format available to anyone who is tired >>> > of > >>> getting one email at a time in List Mode, or dislikes having to open each >>> email in Digest Format. This is format called MIME [Multipurpose Internet >>> Mail Extensions], which simply adds certain functionality to Plain Text. >>> Currently, everyone on the list is set to Plain Text. If you would prefer >>> to >>> receive your THOMAS list email in MIME format, please reply to this email >>> and the necessary change will be made one your account to make it happen. >>> THOMAS list Administrator at ROOTSWEB >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> > quotes > >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> > > >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> > of > >> the message >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >> > from AOL at AOL.com. > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >> mime >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > would like to receive in mime format

Well I paid about $189 last year for a 37 marker test. You can have less revealing 25 marker and 12 marker tests for less money. However, a 12 marker test on Thomas would give you unmanageable results. Check the Thomas DNA Study page Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nela T. Brown" <ntbrown@houston.rr.com> To: "Goldie Williams" <goldiew@centurytel.net>; <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Nathaniel Thomas > Maybe you and others in your family who are interested in genealogy > could share the cost of the DNA test. The test itself is very simple > and totally painless and bloodless because all you do is use a test kit > swab to rub inside your cheek, drop it into the provider holder, and > mail it back to the lab. It would be so sad to miss this opportunity > for the DNA test given your male Thomas relatives are elderly. Do any > of these elderly Thomas gentlemen have male descendants that might be > willing to participate? I'm an advocate of DNA testing for genealogical > use because that is how my group of Thomases finally broke through a > brick wall that we had been pounding on for thirty years and had finally > concluded that our earliest known male Thomas ancestor had simply > dropped onto earth from another planet. > > Goldie Williams wrote: >> To those who have responded to my questions on Missouri and Tennessee >> Thomas, I say thank you... >> The information on Nathaniel that James shared is a little more than I >> had and is encouraging, only if it just gave me one more fact.... >> >> Early in my search, I discovered that Francis Marion was probably named >> after the Francis Marion, It's amazing how one search will lead off into >> another... I wasn't too fond of history while in school, especially about >> any war... now I find myself wanting to know more and more... it's >> amazing how many wars have been fought within our borders. >> >> As to Thomas DNA studies, I'm afraid theeare no longer any male Thomas's >> in my line who are interested in doing a DNA study... the ones left are >> elderly, and if I had the money to pay for the test, they would probably >> not want to bother... but oh how I would like to find our line once and >> for all... even if I still wasn't able to pin down a specific person, I >> would at least know whether I'm on the right track... >> >> Goldie Williams, Living in Missouri Ozarks >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, but you must be a male, and have the surname Thomas. Women do not have the Y chromosome that the researchers test for males. You can do this Y Chromosome test on a male cousin, even 2 or 3 times removed, as long as his last name is Thomas. In the DNA testing, some persons, with surnames that are NOT THOMAS, may also match some portion of the Thomas Y Chromosome. It is worthwhile to view their pedigrees as well, since doing so might reveal some information for you. I believe it pushes back the probable common ancestor several more generation. Donna Bray "If Nathan Thomas is your relative and you or someone in your family tested and then matched the men that are from Isaac and John in SC then you both probably had a common ancestor." from Ms. Cooper Donna Bray Braydon29@kc.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Cowan Cooper" <lauracowancooper@comcast.net> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:20 AM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] DNA > If Nathan Thomas is your relative and you or someone in your family tested > and then matched the men that are from Isaac and John in SC then you both > probably had a common ancestor. > > It is hard to understand why DNA people say you connect to that person > when > they didn't test that person but it is like the Bible - you have to have > faith in what the researchers have learned as to how that y-DNA is passed > down from father to son generation after generation with very few changes. > It doesn't make it any easier but it is just the way it all works that > allows us the freedom to say that you are a representative sample of your > oldest male in your research that bears the Thomas name so if you are kin > to Nathan and have been tested then your y-DNA is what we would from > research expect to be very close to if not the very same as the y-DNA that > Nathan would have given us in a sample. > > Hope that this helps. > > Laura > > > At 10:49 AM 6/2/2007, you wrote: >>Some young whippersnappers may call me elderly. I don't know why. I am >>only 75. >>I looked up the Thomas DNA Study and found the chart that has a column >>that heads Ancestor. There was an Isaac and John in South Carolina, both >>names appearing in the 1790 Newberry census, but how do I know if Nathan >>Thomas was related to one of them. >>Also, the long line of numbers tells me nothing. No doubt they are >>important to any one trained to deciiipher them. But what do they mean? >>Another question, what DNA evidence is available from my ancestor 200-300 >>years ago to match up with me? I can see how the bones of one who is known >>can be exhumed and match up with someone living today but obscure peasants >>of eons ago left no physical evidence of their having been on earth. >>Perhaps some of the younger more enlightened can help me out on this. >>Thank you all. >>Jim Thomas >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > Laura Cowan Cooper of Kodak, TN > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

If Nathan Thomas is your relative and you or someone in your family tested and then matched the men that are from Isaac and John in SC then you both probably had a common ancestor. It is hard to understand why DNA people say you connect to that person when they didn't test that person but it is like the Bible - you have to have faith in what the researchers have learned as to how that y-DNA is passed down from father to son generation after generation with very few changes. It doesn't make it any easier but it is just the way it all works that allows us the freedom to say that you are a representative sample of your oldest male in your research that bears the Thomas name so if you are kin to Nathan and have been tested then your y-DNA is what we would from research expect to be very close to if not the very same as the y-DNA that Nathan would have given us in a sample. Hope that this helps. Laura At 10:49 AM 6/2/2007, you wrote: >Some young whippersnappers may call me elderly. I don't know why. I am >only 75. >I looked up the Thomas DNA Study and found the chart that has a column >that heads Ancestor. There was an Isaac and John in South Carolina, both >names appearing in the 1790 Newberry census, but how do I know if Nathan >Thomas was related to one of them. >Also, the long line of numbers tells me nothing. No doubt they are >important to any one trained to deciiipher them. But what do they mean? >Another question, what DNA evidence is available from my ancestor 200-300 >years ago to match up with me? I can see how the bones of one who is known >can be exhumed and match up with someone living today but obscure peasants >of eons ago left no physical evidence of their having been on earth. >Perhaps some of the younger more enlightened can help me out on this. >Thank you all. >Jim Thomas > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message Laura Cowan Cooper of Kodak, TN lauracowancooper@comcast.net